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. POURING SPOUT.

Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

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EDWIN R. DEVERALL, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

POURING-SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,961, dated March. 29, 1892.

Application filed June 6, 1890. Renewed January 15, 1892. fierial No. 418,130. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. DEVERALL, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pouring-Spouts,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my improved pouring-s pout secured to a hollowed or tubular cork in position for use. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the samethrough line Z of Fig. 3 with the pouring-spout inverted so as to form a shipping-stopper. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through line X of Fig. 2, showing its application to a bottle. Fig. 4 is a top view of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a view of the spout having flexible coverings thereon; Fig. 6, a perspective View of the spout for pouring purposes, showing the manner of its use.

The object of my invention is to provide a spout for use on ink-bottles or similar vessels,

1 whereby its use will serve a threefold'purpose-namel y, as a pouring-spout, stopper, and shipping-cap. When used as a stopper or shipping-cap, it is inserted in the bottle in one position, and when required for pouring purposes it is inverted. I

It consists of a tube of suitable size to be inserted in the mouth of a bottle or of a tubular cork, one end of which tube is closed and the other open. Centrally or at the midlength of this tube is a tube of smaller diameter passing through the larger tube at right angles. One end of the small tube is open and the other end is provided with a small perforation. At a point within the larger tube and on the side facing the open end of the large tube an opening is made in the small tube, so that the liquid in passing from the mouth of the bottle into the large tube will flow into the small right-angled tube through the aforesaid central opening, the closed end of the large tube forming an air-chamber and enabling the user to check or regulate the flow of the liquid byclosing or opening the upper end of the small tube.

In the drawings, A is the main tube, con.- structed of metal or other suitable material, having one end open and the other closed.

B is a smaller tube which passes centrally through the tube A at right angles. This spout is placed therein and the plug G is insert'ed in a bottle there will be no danger of leakage. The closed end of the supply-tube therefore forms a chamber above the cross or transverse tube B, and as the port or cut-away portion E in the transverse tube is on the side facing the open end of the supply-tube the chamber provides an air-space above the point of flow which assures a steady and even flow of the liquid not attainable without this chamber.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the plug G or tubular cork is designed to remain in the bottle or mouth of the vessel, and the spout is to be inserted when required for the diiferent uses. It is obvious, however, that the elastic material can be permanently attached to the spout as well as to the mouth of the bottle. Thus in Fig. 5 I show the main tube Aof the spout equipped on each end with an elastic collar or band H, which is made large enough to fit the mouth of the vessel. Such an arrangement does not difier materially from the manner of making a tubular cork G, which remains permanently in the bottle, butIprefer itfor certain purposes.

The operation of the spout for pouring purposes is illustrated by Fig. 6. served that the open endFof the large tubeA is placed in the cork G with the open end 0 of the small tube B down over the mouth of the receiving-bottle I. The user then places his finger on the small perforation D on the upper end of the tube B, thus cutting off the supply of air for the bottleJ and stopping the flow of the liquid through the tube B, or by slightly raising the finger permit a limited quantity of liquid to flow.

If desired, the small perforated end of the tube B can be used as the discharge end and the finger be used against the open end 0 of the tube B, thereby getting the flow of a small stream, which is very serviceable for filling It Will be obfountain-pens or for supplying vessels where great care should be used in handling the liquidas, for instance, in measuring small quantities drop by drop-as this enables me to do.

The projecting ends of the small tube B furnish a leverage for removing and attaching the spent to the cork, and it should be observed that in the construction of the spout the two tubes are soldered together at their juncture so as to make them perfectly homogeneous and prevent any leakage when used for pouring purposes.

When used for shipping p urposes, the closed end of the large tube A is inserted in the cork G, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and when desired for pouring purposes the tube is simply inverted.

hat I claim as new is- 1. In a shipping and pouring spout, the supply-tube open at one end and closed at the other, having in its closed en d a chamber with a cross or transverse tube interposed between said chamber and the open end of the supplytube, which transverse tube has a port or opening on its side which faces the opening of the supply-tube, substantially as shown.

2. A pouring and shipping spout composed of a main tube having one end open and the other closed with a smaller tube passing through the same centrally at right angles, one end of which is open and the other provided with a small vent, and an opening in said small tube within the large tube on the side facing the open end of the large tube, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the bottle and tubular cork, of an invertible pouring and shipping spout composed of atube having one end open and the other closed with a smaller tube passing centrally through the same at right angles, said small tube having one end open and the other provided with a small vent and having centrally an opening 011 the side facing the open end of and within the large tube, substantially as herein set forth.

4. A spout for pouring and shipping purposes, having a single discharge-tube passing through the supply-tube at right angles at a point midway between the ends of the supply-tube and provided with aeentral perforation within the supply-tube and open at both ends, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this th day of April, 1889, in the presence of witnesses.

EDWIN R. DEVERALL. lVitnesscs:

J. ZERBE, ALEXR. Mum-moo. 

